29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14688)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Nov 04 23h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16.8 Aperture radius used for m2 5.2 " r (dist/Sun) 5.993 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.631 AU Right ascension 17 49 12.25 h m s Declination -28 38 57.9 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.11.04 and 05
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 11 04.99700 17 49 12.25 -28 38 57.9 16.8 N W96
0029P KC2015 11 05.02457 17 49 13.55 -28 38 57.6 16.8 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 3x3 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 11 x 120s Moon elongation 118 ° Air mass 1.94 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro d'Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Nov 05 17h18m36s Observation modification date 2015 Nov 05 17h20m03s